Desk-pad.



L. SAlNBERG.

DESK PAD.

APPLECATlON FILED JUNE 24.1918.

PatentadNov: r9, 1918.

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Be it knewn than; I, Lowe finme s citizen of the Sinks, and 1, 0f New York, in the eonniy of and State M? New Yank, lzzweiinvi A e Pads, 0?? which the feilewing is and exact; speeificetien. v

This inventien. relates in a class 01? devices 'acla ted to be used espeeieil' on i i asks.

y invenien for: its e jeets to provide a pail fleeigned to be empieyecl for permitting ee eeielly glass plates is be used on laps disks, tables and elsewliaei'e whereby wri g surfaces may pieiliied as well as nllni'ing blei fiers ie need tween the piwze the efmi fa? convenient mainly in previding av flexible cushion so tlia$ when arranged (i $31 e ten a ($851; or ta'ble'ie will confemn v eh anv i vennese of the tep, besides serving a plate of glass or like. 621 the the cusiiien be e Slliidbl: nmnlaeiof spiing' actllflijefi reminers e113 pied 5.0

the plale wlae -clispesecl 'there'mi, in cider to removebly and limgeiily heii be pad of e'simple a stzuction which may be made an size and shape.

A practical embedimeii 0'3 ill-2 imen zien is repnzsenle. in the accmnpnnying (liens:- ing forming a p: s (if his: specification in whirl; similar cl'iai'zic ters reference iinlicate corresponding parts in all the views. the said invention being more fully (iesf'l'lbvsl hereinafter, then pointed out in the claims at illli) end of the :leseripiem In the drawing", Figure l is a per'q, view, partly 'bmken away, of one i'm-m 0i desk pad embeeying my invenlimx.

Fig. 2 is perspecive view of the pzul with its glass plate i'emgved. and which. shows one corner of one of the members ml? the eusliien 0f l'he peel sepei'a' eerl from 11 cm net of the other member.

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Fig. 3 is an enlzu'ge fi'nggnientai'y ievtional View taken an the line 33 a: Fi I which the y held edge m z, Ell-IQ airmen.

leias well aw being of a snimble size for use on the in of a aieelz, e1 tnbieand elsewhere.

The cushion. number of super' npoeed members, as; 11 and belh (if similar: in formation. Each s cushion. may be made of ii sjl'ieea. of emali eerri 01' binders board 01' o'lliez' meleifini of e. firm flexible quality to save, as a sazififenea' 13, and each of these flexible ,stifieners Ems a. severing 14 of cloth other flexible ens material. The covl 0;" the .seiffeney 1 3 of each member (if the 'eusliien may 'beef suiiicient size to eompleleiy embrace both surfaeesef each sifieneif, 0i: cover may of asize so filial one s13 :sice of eeeli stiffener besiles its marginal .per are (severed. This is eccomplisliedby making each covering of a shape to allow of being arranged upon one sni'faee its respective stifiener, .afiei r} in ev'erinpping arrangeef stifiener anal on iii the 510?, The marginal edge 'eii are then cemented 0). I at- 15. and the 'i mi by sealing er cemezitie second enirely covered-01' "it: ,ily coveved surfaces of both of the i 13 The cushion thus made i, in the form of a subslantielly rec tzmg'nlai" flexible pad 10 that it will conform Willi an unevenness of the of a desk 01' table 01' elm like.

Remain-lily and hingodly held on the CllSiIlOll m" flail l0 a. pinte'lG of glass or ntllfii' material tops-Ovid? a suitable surface fey \iilililg pm'peses. The glass plate 16 is -fcw=v 0'? a mllilili! Pei-responding t0 the shape i the cushion 10 as well as being of a size slightly smaller than the cushion, and in ptaetiee I prefer to employ a glass plate of unusual fliivkness so as to avoid being The cushion 10 being made, as :ilm've (lescribml. also serves for protecting the nlnte :igninsi: damage by yieldlnillj supporting the plate on the desk or i 3.92mi; be cemposed of one or aportien the second sm of a strip sprii metal of a desired length and width. Eac is fashioned hymn. end portion ot the strip being transversely bent, as at 15). to provide a tongue or base plate 20, and through this base'plate of cach I't tainer are a nuinbcroi. spaced openings, as 21, 22, 23. Part of each strip in spaced relation to the. base plate 19 is then transversely bent, as at 2* to provide a wall 25 disposed rightangularly with respect to the base plate 20, besides providing a finger or-cla-niping jaw, 26, which is arranged in spaced "relation to the base plate. The wall 25 of each retainer is somewhat wider than the thichiticss oi the glass plate 16, while the free end part of: the

clamping jaw 26 of each retainer is curved] downwardly toward the apertni'ed base platztdQO to a dis nce somewhat less than thetdickness of Lie glass plate.

The spring retainers 17 and 18 are applied to the cushion 10 at spaced intervals on one of the len hwise edges of the cushion so that the W818 25 of the retainers extend up wardly from one faceot the cushion and so that the clam ing jaw 26 overhangs the cushion as we as being spaced from the cushion. The retainers are secured to the cushion by the base plates 20 being inserted between the members 11 and 12 of the rushion when these men bers are assembled. and by cementing or gh ing or otherwise fastening the'base lates etwecn the members of the cushion uring the ccmentation of the members, as herein b'lfOl'G explained, the retainers will be tightly held to the cushion. the openings 21, 22.23 of the base plates being provided to allow the cement to be re ceived therethrough to effectually hold the plates to the l'.II1b81'S as without openings in the plates the cement would not properly adhere to the plates. By this manner of associating the retainers with the cushion the glass tplate 16 is applied on the cushion by one 0 its lengthwise edge parts bein disposed under the clamping; jaws 26 of the retainers and if desired a sheet of. blotting paper, as 27 may be arranged below-on the glass plate and the cushion for ready use by reason of the glass plate being rcniovably as well as hingr-dly held on the cushion.

In the foregoing description, I have em bodied the preferred form of my intention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself theretoyas I am aware that modiof the retainers l1" and 18 this 22nd day of June iications may be made therein without departing from the principle or sacrificin any of the advantages of this invention, t ere tore I reserve to myself the-right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettcrs Patent 1. A device of the character described, comprising a flexible yielding pad and spring actuated retainers on the edge of the pad for yieldingly engaging one edge of a transparent plate whereby the plate will be removably as well as hingedly held to the pad.

A device of the character described, comprising a substantially rectangular cushion, and spaced spring actuated retainers on one edge of the cushion for yieldingly eugaging' one edge of a transparent plate where 3y the plate will be removably as well as hingedly held to the cushion. 5

A device of the character described, comprising a flexible yielding pad, a substantiz-illy rectangular transparent plate on the pad. and a plurality of spaced clamping fingers on one edge of the pad as well as merhanging the pad for receiving one edge of a transparent plate whereby the plate will be remoi'ably as well as hingedly held to the pad.

l. A device of the character described. comprising a substantially rectangular cush ion. and a plurality of spaced clamping fingers on one edge of the cushion as well as wwerbanging the cushion for receiving one edgeot a transparent plate whereby the plate Wlll be rcmovablv as well as bmgcdly held to the cushion.

o. device of the character described. comprising a substantiallyrectangular pad composed ol superimposed flexible members, a substantially rectangular transparent plate on the pad, and two spaced yielding fingers protruding upwardly from one edge of the pad and overlapping the plate in engagement. with the plate whereby the plate rellmt'nbl) as well as hingedly held on the pad.

This specification signed and witnessed LOUIS SAINBERG. Witnesses:

E. Vt. Jones, L. CAsANo. 

